Druids are clearly better than Shaman at soloing before level 34. Fighting in melee is worthwhile at those levels and thus the Druid's damage shield allows them to efficiently generate a lot more damage than a Shaman can. Prior to level 24 Shaman are one of the worst classes in the game at soloing, actually.
Level 34 is a massive game changer for the Shaman, though. They get a pet which allows them to create a lot of extra damage at almost no cost and they also get a very large increase in power to their disease DoT. Even though Druids can start quad-kiting at this level, I'm not convinced that it is actually better than what the Shaman is able to do -- IF you're looking at a realistic scenario, which is the Druid not having manastone and not constantly getting a Clarity buff.
From level 39+ the Shaman definitely becomes better than a Druid. Level 39 is when pets start super-regenerating, the Shaman's own mana regeneration further improves at this level, and Shaman also get the amazing Venom of the Snake at that level. This allows them to root rot targets extremely well, as the pet provides lots of extra DPS and recovers its own HP very well without needing to spend much extra mana on it.
I've already talked over and over about how superior Shaman are to Druids at the later levels, so I'm not going to get into it again. Druids are sadly not a "real character" later in the game. They are a character that gets logged on to teleport and buff the guild, and then you log back onto a real character afterwards.
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